conception

/kən-ˈsep-shən/

Middle English concepcioun, from Anglo-French concepcion, from Latin conception-, conceptio, from concipere seeconcept

noun

  1. the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both

  2. embryo, fetus

  3. beginning

"Joy had the like conception in our eyes … "

idea concept conception thought notion impression mean what exists in the mind as a representation (as of something comprehended) or as a formulation (as of a plan). idea may apply to a mental image or formulation of something seen or known or imagined, to a pure abstraction, or to something assumed or vaguely sensed. concept may apply to the idea formed by consideration of instances of a species or genus or, more broadly, to any idea of what a thing ought to be.

noun

  1. the conception of the Virgin Mary in which as decreed in Roman Catholic dogma her soul was preserved free from original sin by divine grace

  2. December 8 observed as a Roman Catholic feast in commemoration of the Immaculate Conception

noun

  1. self-concept